Histological and cytological studies on the developing thymus of mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi (Perciformes: Teleostei)

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-131

  Xie, H X ^a   Nie, Pin ^a   Zhang, Y A ^a   Sun, B J ^a   Sun, J ^a   Yao, W J ^a   Gao, Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; FISH; HISTOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; ONTOGENY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PERCIFORMES; SINIPERCA CHUATSI; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33746078887     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2006.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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